Fern Elizabeth Martin Holder
Sep 9, 2015
Mrs. Fern Elizabeth Martin Holder, 90, of Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday afternoon, September 9, 2015, at her home. Mrs. Holder was born March 23, 1925, in Surry County, one of three children born to the late Claude Swanson and Nealy Wiley Atkins Martin. Fern graduated from Beulah High School in 1943. She was educated as a teacher at Appalachian...
Mrs. Peggy Ann Dalton Rendon
Sep 8, 2015
Mrs. Peggie Ann Dalton Rendon, age 60 of Stuart, Virginia passed away on September 8, 2015 at her home on Fairystone Park Highway. She was born on May 2, 1955 to the late Woodrow Dalton and Laura Guynn McCall. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a brother, Clifton Dalton. She was of the Baptist faith...
Mr. James Ronnie Priest
Sep 7, 2015
Mr. James Ronnie Priest, 67 of Hillsville passed away at Forsyth Medical Center on Monday, September 7, 2015. He was born on August 21, 1948 in Union City, TN to the late Preston James and Mae Helen Stafford Priest. Mr. Priest bravely served in the U.S. Army and retired from General Motors. He is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law,...
Mr. Alan Lane Love
Sep 7, 2015
Mr. Alan Lane Love age 49 of Mt. Airy, passed away Monday morning, September 7, 2015, at Forsyth Medical Center. Mr. Love was born February 7, 1966 in Surry County to Ted A. Love and Judy Bateman Love Wilson. In addition to his parents, Mr. Love is survived by his grandmother, Mildred Opal Bateman of Ararat, VA; five aunts, Carolyn...
Mrs. Sue Pauline Landes
Sep 7, 2015
Mrs. Sue Pauline Landes, age 83, of Stuart and formerly of Harrisonburg passed away Monday, Sept. 7, 2015 at the Blue Ridge Therapy Connection. She was born on Feb. 1, 1932 in Needmore, West Virginia to the late Frank Link and Isadora Link Miller. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Charles E. Landes,...
Mrs. Louise Gray Rogers Davis
Sep 7, 2015
Mrs. Louise Gray Rogers Davis, age 88 of Stuart, Virginia passed away on September 6, 2015 at Joan & Howard Woltz Hospice Home. She was born in Patrick County, on October 9, 1926 to the late Mr. Brockley Gray and Fanny Heath Gray. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Vester Rogers;...
Franklin "Frank" Andrew Woodruff
Sep 7, 2015
Mr. Franklin "Frank" Andrew Woodruff, 73, of Mt. Airy passed away Monday, September 7, 2015 at his home. He was born in Surry County on July 25, 1942 to the late Click and Bessie Coe Woodruff. Mr. Woodruff was a retired painter and was of the Baptist faith. He is survived by sons and daughters-in-law, Mike and Sheila Woodruff, Randy...
Julia Belle Nester Alderman
Sep 6, 2015
Mrs. Julia Belle Nester Alderman, age 93 of Meadows of Dan, Virginia passed away on Sunday, September 6, 2015 at her home. She was born in Carroll County on May 21, 1922 to the late Lewis Nester and Mary Cox. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Johnnie H. Alderman and Eleven brothers and...
Theodore Randolph McGhee
Sep 6, 2015
Mr. Theodore Randolph "T.R." McGhee, 82, of 2816 Meadowbrook Road, Cana, VA, passed away Sunday morning, September 6, 2015, at his home. Mr. McGhee was born August 6, 1933, in Williamson, WV, the son of the late Theodore Roosevelt and Nellie Allen McGhee. He served our country in the United States Navy during the early 1960s. He worked as a...
Mrs. Pinky Lee Hennis Shelton
Sep 6, 2015
Mrs. Garnet Lee Hennis Shelton (Pinky) passed away September 6th at Northern Surry Hospitial. Mrs. Shelton was born 10th August 1942 in Surry County, North Carolina to the late Mrs. Elizabeth Fawcett Burke and the late Mr. Cecil Forrest Hennis Jr. Surviving to cherish her memory are her husband of 50 years, Mr. Denny Ray Shelton of the home. Sisters...
Mr. James Charles Kaelin
Sep 4, 2015
Mr. James Charles Kaelin, 79, of Mt. Airy passed away Friday, September 4, 2015 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. He was born in Queens, NY on March 23, 1936 to the late Frank and Margaret Kaelin. Mr. Kaelin retired as CEO of Kaelin Incorporated and was a member of Holy Angels Catholic Church. He served our country in the...
Mrs. Betty Ward Holt
Sep 4, 2015
Mrs. Betty Ward Holt, 77 of Mt. Airy passed away at her home Friday, September 4, 2015. She was born in Stokes County on January 12, 1938 to the late George and Maybell Nunn Ward. She retired from Sara Lee and was of the Baptist Faith. Mrs. Holt is survived by her daughter, Vickey Faye Cooke Holden; three grandchildren, Wendy...
Mrs. Nancy Alice Banks Bobbitt
Sep 3, 2015
Mrs. Nancy Alice Banks Bobbitt, age 71 of Mt. Airy, passed away Thursday, September 3, 2015 at her home. Mrs. Bobbitt was born in Surry County on January 31, 1944 to Harry Blaine Banks, Sr. and Bernice Kathleen Hill Banks. Mrs. Bobbitt leaves behind to cherish her memory, daughters and sons-in-law, Robin and Derrick Hill; Tammy and Gregory Carpenter; sons...
Mrs. Mildred Inez Holt Overby
Sep 3, 2015
Mrs. Mildred Inez Holt Overby, age 81 of Westfield, North Carolina, passed away Thursday, September 3, 2015 at her home. She was born in Patrick County on July 7, 1934 to the late Sherman and Ruby McHone Holt. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Overby was preceded in death by her husband, Russell Flinchum Overby; an infant son, Stephen Overby;...
Mrs. Marian Burgess Stephens
Sep 2, 2015
Mrs. Marian Burgess Stephens, age 86, of Stuart passed away Sept. 2, 2015 at her home. She was born on July 4, 1929 in Greenwood, SC to the late William R. and Mary Jarrett Burgess. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Cecil William Stephens, Sr, whom she married in June of 1946; two...
Mr. Bobby Joe Rippey
Sep 2, 2015
Mr. Bobby Joe Rippey, age 55 of Mt. Airy, passed away Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at the Woltz Hospice Home. Mr. Rippey was born in Surry County on March 30, 1960 to Rupert Joseph "Joe" Rippey and the late Virginia Smith Rippey. In addition to his father, Mr. Rippey leaves to cherish is memory, a daughter, Stephanie Wall; three precious...
Naomi Katherine Smith Marion
Sep 2, 2015
Ms. Naomi Katherine Smith Marion, 78, of 221 Cedar Ridge Road, Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday night, September 2, 2015, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Ms. Marion was born June 14, 1937, in Grayson County, VA, the daughter of the late Emmett McDaniel and Bessie Lee Bartlett Smith. Katherine worked as a waitress at Dianna's...
Mark Robertson Freeman
Sep 2, 2015
Mr. Mark Robertson Freeman, 56, of 244 Forest Knoll Drive, Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday night, September 2, 2015, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Freeman was born May 9, 1959, in Surry County, one of five sons born to Robert Eldridge and Georgia Johnson Freeman. Mark worked as a dispatcher at Hardy Brothers Inc....
Mr. Warren Harden Wimbush, Sr
Sep 2, 2015
Mr. Warren Harden Wimbush, Sr., age 94 of Stuart, passed away Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at his home. He was born in Patrick County on April 21, 1921 to the late Abe and Adeline Via Wimbush. In addition to his parents, Mr. Wimbush was preceded in death by two daughters, Patricia Ann Wimbush and Constance Renee Wimbush; five sisters, Rosa...
Mrs. Mary Estelle Corder Vernon
Sep 1, 2015
Mrs. Mary Estelle Corder Vernon Mrs. Mary Estelle Vernon, age 92, of Dobson passed away, Tuesday, September 1, 2015 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home. Mrs. Vernon was born January 20, 1923 in Surry County to the late Grady Clifton Corder and the late Cora Lee Corder. She was a retired homemaker and a member of Fairview Baptist...